A Brief History of ECITA, and its Current Structure
Some of you know us very well; some of you have been friends of ours for years; some of you we’ve only met recently; and some of you don’t know us at all. Since this wonderful community has been...
View ArticleFor the Record: ECITA’s Position on the TPD Proposals for Electronic Cigarettes
In accordance with our stated position in previous posts, nothing has changed in ECITA’s view concerning the TPD proposals on electronic cigarettes. There may be one or two of our members who might...
View ArticleImportant things to know about battery safety
By Tom Pruen About Lithium-ion batteries The batteries in electronic cigarettes have a chemistry that is known as Lithium-ion (Li-ion). Li-ion batteries offer extremely high energy density (they store...
View ArticleStanton Glantz – not just inflexibly dogmatic, but also dishonest
By Tom Pruen 53 experts in the field of tobacco control, addiction and related fields recently wrote a letter to the WHO, outlining the case for electronic cigarettes as a massive public health...
View ArticleMore of the same from Stanton Glantz – a specious arguement about vapour and...
By Tom Pruen In a recent post, also submitted to the FDA, and used as ‘evidence’ that he is correct in his assertion that ultra-fine particles and ultra-fine droplets have equivalent effects (his...
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If it ain’t broke… be cautious not to fix it until it breaks
The German language has a word we do not have in English: verschlimmbesserung, meaning a supposed improvement that makes things worse. When it comes to the thorny topic of electronic cigarette...
View ArticleHow Toxic Is E-Liquid?
EDITED: To update labelling advice Expert report recommends reclassification of nicotine solutions under CLP (Regulation 1272/2008) Summary: European officials have been wrongly labelling e-liquid as...
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Summary of British Standards Institute PAS 54115
PAS providing a guide for the importation and sale of electronic cigarettes and directly related products, with product safety testing methods This summary document is provided to allow industry and...
View ArticleCAP and BCAP publish new UK advertising rules for e-cigarettes
by Katherine Devlin In a frankly astonishing and devastatingly impressive flourish of efficiency, the Committees of Advertising Practice have today published their new rules specifically for electronic...
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Battery venting and mod design 2
Results of preliminary testing by Katherine Devlin and Tom Pruen Following a news report of injuries sustained to a user of a ‘Mutant Clone’ device, ECITA (the Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade...
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